Heart Shaped Heating Pad

In the spirit of Valentine's Day, I made these simple heating pads. All you need is a few sheets of felt in your color of choice, a bag of rice and some needles and thread. A 5 pound bag of rice will run you around $3.50 at Walmart and felt is around 20 cents a piece. Five pounds of rice will make several heating pads of this size. You will need 2 sheets of felt to make 1 pad (a front and a back). You will also need some scented oil if you would like to put a few drops inside the pad to make it smell wonderful every time you heat it up !

I folded my piece of felt in half and cut out a heart shape. Cut it as large as you can, using as much of the felt as you can. After you cut the first then unfold it, lay it on the other piece of felt and cut out another copy. 

Then, line up your hearts and sew them together. This is easiest on a sewing machine, but even if you decide to sew these by hand make sure you sew over the original seam, just to make a strong hold that will last.  

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Sew around the heart, leaving a small 3 to 4 inch gap on one side near the tip of the heart. You will use this hole to turn your heart inside out, and then add your rice.  

A large mouth funnel works best for adding the rice. You can always cut a small corner on the rice bag and have someone help you pour it in. Add enough rice to fill up approximately half the heart. Do not overfill. If you want to add a scent to your heating pad simply add a few drops of any kind of oil. I used a ginger oil that was left over from a diffuser that I had. It smells awesome when I heat it up!  After you add the rice and the drops of oil, simply sew up your heart with matching thread...then throw it in the microwave for around a minute and and half and ENJOY!!! 

A word for the ladies out there...the size and shape of this heating pad is PERFECT for cramps!